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Wartime Prayers Lyrics

Artist: Paul Simon
Album: Surprise

Prayers offered in times of peace are silent conversations,Appeals for love or love's releaseIn private invocationsBut all that is changed now,Gone like a memory from the day before the fires.People hungry for the voice of GodHear lunatics and liarsWartime prayers, wartime prayersIn every language spoken,For every family scattered and broken.

Because you cannot walk with the holy,If you're just a halfway decent man.I don't pretend that I'm a mastermindWith a genius marketing plan.I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,Even a little drop will do.I want to rid my heart of envyAnd cleanse my soul of rageBefore I'm through.

Times are hard, it's a hard timeBut everybody knows all about hard times.The thing is, what are you gonna do?Well, you cry and try to muscle throughTry to rearrange your stuffBut when the wounds are deep enough,It's all that we can bear,We wrap ourselves in prayer.

Because you cannot walk with the holy,If you're just a halfway decent man.I don't pretend that I'm a mastermindWith a genius marketing plan.I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,Even a little drop willdo.I want to rid my heart of envyAnd cleanse my soul of rageBefore I'm through.A mother murmurs in twilight sleepAnd draws her babies closer.With hush-a-byes for sleepy eyes,And kisses on the shoulder.To drive away despairshe says a wartime prayer